Carroll v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction in District Court of Bexar County of theft, punishment two years in the penitentiary.

There are two complaints in the record, each of which is referred to in the brief filed. The first is of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas 1925, Art. 1887, which is as follows:

“Special Judge, When. — Should the judge of a district court on the first day or any future day of a term, fail or refuse to hold the court, the practicing lawyers of the court present may elect from among their number a special judge who shall hold the court and proceed with the business thereof.”

The…